Gaussian blur estimation for photon-limited images

Jizhou Li, Feng Xue, Thierry Blu

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Abstract

Blur estimation is critical to blind image deconvolution. In this work, by taking Gaussian kernel as an example, we propose an approach to estimate the blur size for photon-limited images. This estimation is based on the minimization of a novel criterion, blur-PURE (Poisson unbiased risk estimate), which makes use of the Poisson noise statistics of the measurement. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in various scenarios. This approach can be then plugged into our recent PURE-LET deconvolution algorithm, and an example on real fluorescence microscopy is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings
PublisherIEEE
Pages495-499
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509021758, 978-1-5090-2174-1
ISBN (Print)978-1-5090-2176-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event24th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2017) - China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
Duration: 17 Sept 201720 Sept 2017
http://2017.ieeeicip.org/

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880
ISSN (Electronic)2381-8549

Conference

Conference24th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2017)
Abbreviated titleICIP
PlaceChina
CityBeijing
Period17/09/1720/09/17
Internet address

Funding

This work was supported by grants from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (AoE/M-05/12, CUHK14200114), and in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61401013).

Research Keywords

  • Image deconvolution
  • Parametric blur estimation
  • Photon-limited images
  • Poisson noise

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